Today: “Podcast: Trump’s New Explosion of Rage at Dems Unnerves Even His Own Advisers” Plus, the agony of Trump’s oligarchs; Jimmy Kimmel is back (but free speech is still in peril); why recognition of Palestine is such a big deal; and more...

The president’s attempt to bind his political opponents legally is hitting roadblocks galore—and the social media meltdowns have begun.

By Matt Ford

They signed on for tax cuts and deregulation. They didn’t expect regular shakedowns.

By Timothy Noah

If you’re rich, white, and male with a huge following, the First Amendment still works for you—for now. But for the rest of us?

By Perry Bacon

By Byline

By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

By The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

The USDA abruptly decided to terminate an annual survey that policymakers and organizations use to help Americans struggling with food insecurity.

By Grace Segers

Arizona voters are set to skew the numbers in the House of Representatives in a special election.

By Robert McCoy

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Recognition of Palestinian statehood—especially from the U.K.—is not merely symbolic. It has specific ramifications under international law.

By Daoud Kuttab

Bench Ansfield’s Born in Flames argues that landlords—driven by financialization and the development of insurance “brownlining” in the 1960s and 1970s—are largely to blame.

By Tracy Rosenthal

Opponents of new housing are well known for weaponizing procedure to thwart development. But when the democratic system doesn’t benefit them, the knives come out.

By Jess Coleman

By The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Over the weekend, President Trump explicitly commanded Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute his political enemies in a crazed Truth Social tirade. He named the Democrats he wants prosecuted, and even openly boasted that he’d pushed out a veteran career prosecutor for refusing to carry out this mission. Now Rolling Stone reports that Trump’s open demand of his attorney general was so corrupt that it surprised even some of his own advisers. They apparently couldn’t fathom that he’d knowingly make it public! But we think Trump wants it to be publicly understood that he’s making this threat, and that grasping this dynamic is essential to understanding our moment. So we talked to Rolling Stone’s Asawin Suebsaeng, the reporter on that story. He explains how Trump’s threat was viewed inside Trumpworld, why even some of his most MAGA-fied advisers are not necessarily on board with this abuse of power, and what that all says about our ongoing slide into authoritarianism.

Listen to the episode here.

Read the transcript here.

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